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Comparing Genetic Engineering And Harrison Bergeron

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Based on the evidence found from the short stories “Harrison Bergeron”, “The Monsters are due on Maple Street”, and the nonfiction article “Genetic Engineering”, the utopian society in The Giver is destined to fail. First of all, author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. writes in Harrison Bergeron on how divergent characters that strive for change. In addition, the short story “The Monsters are due on Maple Street” by Rod Sterling, prejudice against different people and fear is shown how a peaceful neighborhood can tear itself apart. Finally, in Matt Bird’s nonfiction article, “Genetic Engineering”, he expresses how attempting perfection can result in by flaws. In a utopia, differences wouldn’t make the community a utopia. With these pieces of evidence, it

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